The Nature of Possession

429 – EP.15 Carelessness

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Black fluid gushed out from Imina’s mouth as she screamed.

Imina’s body, bent into the shape of the letter ‘ㄱ’, flew into the sky.

“Weak, undignified… and disappointing beyond measure.”

Chunhyang frowned as she saw Imina’s stains on her clothes.

She straightened her disheveled clothes and stood next to Kang In-ho.

“I see you’re still confused. Poor thing.”

Chunhyang stroked Kang Inho’s head, and Kang Inho twisted his body, but his body, tightly tied to the tree trunk, did not move as he pleased.

Imina, who had been flying high in the air, shook her body. This level of pain is nothing, she had experienced it many times while traveling across the world.

Yimina’s eyes moved in all directions.

“Even if you look at it like that, do you think you can catch me?”

Chunhyang’s voice, which had disappeared without a trace, began to resonate from all directions. Imina’s face suddenly crumpled.

As the saying goes, she had no way of knowing where the other person was. Even with the hundreds and thousands of eyes inside her, she couldn’t pinpoint the location.

Even though my head was burning with resentment toward Kang In-ho and anger toward Chun-hyang, Imi-na thought.

This was because I had just realized through the attack and defense that blindly charging in without knowing the opponent’s location would lead to defeat.

‘It’s not a clone.’

Until the moment of the blow, I had a feeling that Chunhyang was real. The senses of the many warriors inside her did not lie.

‘Domination of the five senses beyond hallucination… Very powerful hypnosis.’

While I was thinking about several things, one idea that seemed very likely came to mind.

The lich she absorbed also used similar magic.

Put weight on hypnosis and think about how to respond.

‘You have to understand how hypnosis works.’

Applause, pendulum, app… there must be conditions for hypnosis to be activated.

There was a sense of movement everywhere: the rustling of wind, the whipping of taut tree trunks.

Although there was no direct hit to her body, it continued to stimulate her nerves.

As stress builds, patience wears down. Things we took for granted start to bother us one by one.

It got to the point where I could smell an unpleasant smell that I had never felt before.

‘smell…?’

Yimina opened her eyes wide.

Maybe the smell is the beginning of hypnosis.

She quickly looked inside herself.

Thousands of eyes were staring at him intently.

[Give me your body.]

[I can use it better.]

[Come on, hand it over!]

[Please, let me go to Mr. Kang.]

[That’s rude, can’t you just turn over?]

With eyes that are urging you with a clear consciousness,

[Ugh, ugh, ugh]

[Ugh… save me….]

[Why me, why me….]

[Where am I? Who am I?]

There are eyes that are losing their sense of self.

Yimina held onto her dizzy mind. Every time she met their eyes, she felt like she was losing herself.

Mina quickly scanned the pupils. Surely, there would be someone suitable for this situation.

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“Your Majesty, please leave such a shallow woman alone and go.”

“Where? It’s already a mess.”

Kang In-ho said, looking around the mountain full of broken trees.

“They were such proud children, it’s a shame that they collapsed like this. But don’t worry.”

When Chunhyang clapped her hands, stems sprouted from the ground and raised the fallen trees.

A large tree that was in contact with the ground was forcibly raised, dropping its branches.

The stems were wrapped tightly around the tree trunk and held it in place.

“These kids will be fine in a few days.”

“Of all the things I’ve seen in my time traveling across worlds, your abilities seem to be the most fraudulent.”

“Thank you for your kind words.”

Chunhyang smiled bashfully at Kang Inho, who muttered as if he couldn’t believe it.

Behind her, a huge rock flew in, and the trees bent down to block the rock.

The rock shattered with a loud noise, spewing out debris like a shotgun blast.

“oh!”

Stones poured down through the gaps in the tangled trees and flew towards Kang In-ho.

As soon as the branches moved at Chunhyang’s signal to move Kang Inho’s body, rock fragments swept away the spot where he had been.

“How dare you….”

Chunhyang looked back, looking at the deeply dug ground.

A sticky black shadow was lifting another rock.

“Don’t look at me like that. It makes me feel bad.”

Chunhyang smiled, revealing her teeth, at Imina, who was looking straight into her eyes.

A vein appeared on her forehead.

It was the second rock thrown by Yimina that signaled the start of the second round.

Since she couldn’t pinpoint Chunhyang’s location, Imina scattered rocks of various sizes in all directions.

Due to the attack of rocks falling in a wide area, Chunhyang had to move more busily than in the first battle.

It was to protect Kang In-ho’s safety.

Chunhyang picked up her bow made of a tree trunk and shot an arrow again.

The arrow flew and pierced Yimina’s shoulder, but Yimina only staggered for a moment and did not stop moving.

My clothes got dirty from the rising dust and gravel.

But even so, Chunhyang did not think about her own defeat.

The opponent was still struggling under hypnosis.

If only Kang In-ho’s safety could be ensured, it would not be difficult to cut off the neck of that rude plunderer.

As Chunhyang waved her hand, the tree trunk wrapped around Kang Inho.

Like a pupa before becoming an adult, the tough tree trunks wrapped around Kang In-ho in layers.

“Please wait a moment.”

Chunhyang, who had confirmed Kang Inho’s safety once again, quickly ran forward.

The tree trunk wrapped around her hand and transformed into a spear.

Chunhyang jumped up, aiming for Imina’s neck.

When her spear came into range, Chunhyang stretched out her arm and thrust the spear.

The sharp tip of the spear was aimed at Yimina’s neck.

Yimina still had her back turned. Taking the life of an unsuspecting opponent was as easy as picking up a rock on the road.

Chunhyang did not say anything indecent like, “Die, take it.”

He simply quietly killed the invaders who had entered his world without permission.

The tip of her spear touched Yimina’s soft neck.

With a sound of bones snapping, Yimina’s neck turned.

Flesh and blood were out of sync, and the spear went wide.

“!!!!”

Chunhyang’s body leaned forward and met Imina’s empty eyes.

“Among those who ate, there was one who couldn’t smell.”

Yimina grabbed Chunhyang’s wrist and raised her other hand. Her black hand, which had turned into a sharp knife, was pointed at Chunhyang’s face.